Health literacy and cancer communication with older adults

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-350

  Sparks, Lisa ^a   Nussbaum, Jon F ^b  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer communication science; Communication and aging; Decision aids; Family caregiving; Health communication; Social gerontology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CARE AND CARING; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; NEOPLASM; PRESBYACUSIS; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRESBYCUSIS; PRESBYOPIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 43049116787     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.02.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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